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Murder on the Orient Express trailer: People are SHOCKED by Kenneth Branagh's Poirot moustache

HERCULE Poirot gets a moustache makeover for the new Murder on the Orient Express.

By Hanna Flint

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Kenneth Branagh's Poirot moustache in Murder on the Orient Express is the talk of social media [20th Century Fox]

Kenneth Branagh has taken over David Suchet's infamous role for the big screen adaption of the classic Agatha Christie mystery and his facial hair is the talk of Twitter.

His iteration of Poirot has got quite the imperial moustache and goatee which is a stark contrast to Suchet's petit handlebar.

The tiny bit of black facial fuzz has, for many British viewers, become synonymous with the Belgian detective so it's understandable that people were shocked by Branagh in the first trailer for the new film.

David Suchet's petit handlebar moustache has become synonymous with the role [ITV]

"When you want to play Poirot, but you also want to upstage every other actor who played him with your 10lb mustache," tweeted one user about Branagh's 'tache.

When you want to play Poirot, but you also want to upstage every other actor who played him with your 10lb mustachepic.twitter.com/vuSLHEyE12

The original film adaption of Murder on the Orient Express was released over 40 years and starred Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Anthony Perkins, John Gielgud, Michael York, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jacqueline Bisset, Wendy Hiller, Vanessa Redgrave and Sean Connery.

It is based on Christie's 1934 novel about, you guessed it, a murder carried out on the Orient Express, a train that travels from Istanbul to London.

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The official synopsis reads: "A lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into the thrilling mystery of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again."